Slow Smoke Meaning

[cosmicfolklore]

How do you get a thorough charring light without scorching the tobacco or making the pipe unbearable hot?

I am trying to figure out what aspect of the char would make the pipe unbearably hot. I am not understanding. Also, eh, you will scorch the tobacco, in fact, sometimes it even catches on fire. ::

 

[curl]

venturi effect?

It was my understanding there's be no math on this forum.
I tend to pack my bowl lightly, so I have to tamp from time to time to keep the fire going.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

To get the Venturi, you really need to cap the bowl with your thumb and let up as you puff, like rev'ing the engine on the heat.

 

[cam9]

I have a question that fits this thread vs starting a new thread. If you let the pipe sit to the point where it gets cold, do you suggest doing a thorough relight (as if it was the charring light) or once the initial charring light took place, any relight should just be a "quick relight"?
Thanks.

 

[Chasing Embers]

A regular relight is enough.

 

[ignaciojn]

Duane, still waiting for your video.

Don't want to be a pill, but I think it'll be truly enlightening.

 

[bluegrassbrian]

As an addendum, when smoking a smooth pipe i lick a finger (any digit will do) and wet the rim before the charring light.

If the pipe gets hot from the charring light.. You've got other problems.
The confusion surrounding the packing of the bowl is something that's bewildered

me. I always felt like I just used common sense and natural feel and within a week of my first pipe I never had issue again.

 

[ignaciojn]

I didn't use the right words.

It's not the pipe getting hot, but if I do an "intense" charring light, the smoke coming in from the pipe into the mouth feels hot.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Duane, still waiting for your video.

Don't want to be a pill, but I think it'll be truly enlightening.

Yeah, sorry about that. Got "voluntold" to pull a double last night. Putting together the visual aids now. Going to cover a couple of tobacco cuts for contrast.

 

[ignaciojn]

You're the best.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Video made, and PM sent. Hope it makes sense. :mrgreen:

 

[ignaciojn]

You're the man Duane. I really appreciate you taking the time to make this. Honest.
It's one thing to read about it, or watch some hipster doing it. But watching a real seasoned piper do it it's on another level.
If you ever find yourself in Argentina, I'll buy you a beer.
PS. I'm a fan of southern american culture, and I love your accent.

PS2. Man, you have beautiful pipes.
Here's the link to the video, for all of you to enjoy: https://youtu.be/OP5MjK8KS7U

 

[Chasing Embers]

If you ever find yourself in Argentina, I'll buy you a beer.

I'll hold you to that. :mrgreen:

 

[Chasing Embers]

PS. I'm a fan of southern american culture, and I love your accent.

PS2. Man, you have beautiful pipes.

Thanks on both counts. I'm about as country as they come, and I do love handmade pipes.

 

[mso489]

I almost hate to say it, but once you have the technique and routine down, it is also a mindset. Ease and reflection.

 

[Chasing Embers]

I almost hate to say it, but once you have the technique and routine down, it is also a mindset. Ease and reflection.

The prep work becomes a meditation itself.

 

[derekflint]

Good video CE........

 

[deckpiper]

... I tried (finally got to try) some Lane BCA last nite...

My favorite so far, but I'm just starting out.

...that thing is so goopy that ~15-20 min on a coffee filter wasn't enough to dry it; also, first toby that stains my hand brown and sticky when swirling it into the pipe. ...

Haven't had this experience.

One thing I did like: first blend that doesn't bite me like a snapping turtle. Practically biteless, even though I was drawing faster and stronger than usual, trying to keep it lit. ...

Agreed. Very little bite. I tend to puff away at a rate that I assume is more vigorous than most, given the comments here. I will have to try to do it slower next time. But, I like a lot of thick smoke.

... Guess I have to dry BCA for about an hour next time.

I never thought about drying my tobacco. I just keep it in the state that it is when I buy it. Should I be leaving the pouch open? (I'm a newbie.)

 

[olkofri]

I wouldn't leave the pouch open, unless it's a super tiny amount. I only dry roughly the amount I'm gonna fill the pipe with. Once I've filled the pipe, the remnants of the dried toby go back to the mason jar where it 'rehydrates'.

 

[jpmcwjr]

I dry 2-4 ounces at a time in the Mason jar, so I always have a handful of ready to smoke tobacco. I'd recommend using a hygrometer for so doing as it's not easy to have any degree of accuracy by just time or feel. (Too many variables)